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57-491: The film grossed $ 127.9 million worldwide but received generally negative reviews from critics. Despite this, it was nominated for a Saturn Award as the Best Action/Adventure/Thriller Film of the year, as well as NAACP Image Award nominations for both Foxx (Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture) and Gray (Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture). During a home invasion, Clarence Darby rapes and murders

114-417: A "shift in tense, and a jump in tempo-an accelerando" which quickly changes to a "loosening of the temporal screw, enabling us to move rapidly ahead over a period of years". Epilogues also consisted of traditional "topoi" which was a metaphor introduced by Aristotle , to symbolise writers creating arguments in their story. An epilogue is the final chapter at the end of a story that often serves to reveal

171-569: A Funeral , Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 , National Lampoon's Animal House , Babe: Pig in the City , Happy Feet Two , Remember the Titans and Zack Snyder's Justice League . The epilogue of La La Land shows a happy ending, an alternative to the actual ending. In many documentaries and biopics , the epilogue is text-based, explaining what happened to the subjects after

228-403: A bad outcome for them. Epilogues also serve as a transitory stage for the novel to change genres into myths and legends . In Greek and Elizabethan plays, an actor would stand at the front of the stage and speak directly to the audience. They would usually show the contentment the characters have after experiencing the tragedies within the play. If the hero has had a tragic ending, the speaker of

285-481: A building near the prison. A tunnel inside leads to a cache of guns, disguises, and other equipment below the solitary confinement cells, with secret entrances to each cell. Nick realizes that Clyde intentionally sought solitary confinement, allowing him to leave the prison undetected and kill while misleading the police. Evidence points to Clyde's next target, City Hall, where the mayor is holding an emergency meeting. Nick and his men fail to find Clyde, instead discovering

342-400: A lighter sentence. Clyde feels betrayed by Nick and the justice system. Ten years later, during Ames' execution via lethal injection, he surprisingly dies in agonizing pain. The police find the chemicals had been tampered with and evidence left behind implicates Darby; an anonymous caller warns him law enforcement is on their way to arrest him. Following the caller's instructions, Darby hijacks

399-473: A movie you like well enough at the time." Ebert rated the film three out of four stars. In May 2022, it was announced that a standalone sequel was in development. Kurt Wimmer was hired to return to his role as screenwriter, while Gerard Butler will serve as producer alongside Alan Siegel, Lucas Foster, Rob Paris, and Mike Witherill. Foster stated in his returning role as a producer that the studios look forward to "revisit[ing] these great characters" stating that

456-408: A new mattress in his cell in exchange for a "confession." Nick initially refuses, but after learning that Clyde traumatized Nick's family with the video of Darby's murder, District Attorney Jonas Cantrell orders Nick to make the deal. In court, Clyde represents himself and successfully argues he should be granted bail, but instead criticizes the judge for accepting the legal precedent he cited, believing

513-734: A particular focus within Restoration Culture and especially Restoration Theatre. English playwrights Aphra Behn , Delarivier Manley , Mary Pix and Catherine Trotter ’s work are examined to understand the Restoration theatre's relationship between women. Gayle Rubin's "The Traffic in Women" and Laura Mulvey's "Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema" have sparked critical interest in cross-cultural feminism and has increased female audiences in attending theatre. David Robert's pioneering The Ladies: Female Patronage of Restoration Drama (1989) argues that

570-484: A person of quality" or "sent from and unknown hand". From the period between 1660 and 1714 outsiders of England would supply both prologues and epilogues 229 times. Epilogues would often focus to ensure the audience will return by pointing out the play's worth in the closing lines. There have also been linkages between epilogues and prayers and how they are often synonymous with each other when concluding pieces of literature. Most Greek plays would end with lines said by

627-500: A police car, forcing a lone officer to drive to a deserted warehouse. The officer is revealed to be Clyde, the caller. Darby attempts to shoot Clyde, but instead, the gun paralyzes Darby with tetrodotoxin -coated spikes. Clyde then straps Darby to a table and makes medical preparations to prolong Darby's suffering, recording himself slowly dismembering and eventually murdering Darby. When Darby's remains are found, Clyde willingly turns himself in and goes to prison. In prison, Clyde demands

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684-426: A public forum. Jean Marsden has found that few plays also focus on female sexuality. Epilogues spoken by women to women provide stimulating material. They would often encourage female fantasy and critique male sexual performance. This woman-to-woman paratext allows females speakers and audiences to be perpetuating sexuality which would not often be spoken of within the main structure of the play. Between 1660 and 1714

741-609: A selling point. For example, the epilogue to Ravenscroft's The Citizen Turn’d Gentleman (1672) tries to appeal to women by demoting virtue, as the speaker says to win the ladies favour Ravenscroft will become "the greatest debauchee". The epilogue to Thomas Wright's 1693 comedy, The Female Vertuoso, Susannah Mountfort sneers that older ladies "boast of Virtue ‘cause unfit for Vice". Some late Restoration epilogues claim that English women in comparison to women from other countries, possess more liberties, are better behaved, and enjoy happier lives. Examples include Francis Manning's All for

798-419: A suitcase bomb planted in the room below the meeting. Clyde returns to his cell and is surprised to find Nick waiting for him. Clyde suggests another deal, but an enlightened Nick replies that he no longer makes deals with murderers. Nick tries to reason with Clyde, but Clyde activates the suitcase bomb. Nick immediately leaves, locking Clyde's cell behind him while Dunnigan closes off the secret passage. Hearing

855-513: A text. The first example of a dramatic epilogue in print is John Phillip's The Play of Patient and Meek Grissell (1569). Although in non-dramatic publications, the word does appear prior to this such as in Turbervile's Epitaphs (1566). The word epilogue could be adopted to describe the end of speeches within medieval plays, but at the time this was primarily used to hint at the connection to later works. Most Greek plays would end with lines from

912-402: A total of 115 prologues and epilogues would feature actors either addressing female audiences or stating facts about the sex. One epilogue written by R.Boyle to Mr Anthony claim that poets try but fail to craft male characters that women find attractive. Epilogues often raise the topic of virtue but when addressing female audiences, they would typically praise the plays lack of virtue to make it

969-520: A utopic ending to the characters in the Manor Farm many years after the revolution. "YEARS passed. The seasons came and went, the short animal lives fled by. A time came when there was no one who remembered the old days before the Rebellion, except Clover, Benjamin, Moses the raven, and a number of the pigs." The epilogue can be used to reveal an approaching threat for the character. Readers may believe that

1026-410: Is apathetic and that if he had at least tried but failed , Clyde would have accepted it. Nick demands an end to the killings, but Clyde responds that he is just beginning. While leaving Sarah's funeral, Cantrell is killed by a weaponized bomb disposal robot. Nick prepares to resign, but the irate mayor instead promotes Nick to acting District Attorney and locks the city down. Nick learns that Clyde owns

1083-484: Is plagued by subpar acting and a story that defies reason." On Metacritic , the film has a weighted average score of 34 out of 100 based on 26 critics, indicating "generally unfavourable reviews". In his review for the Chicago Sun Times , Roger Ebert said, " Law Abiding Citizen is the kind of movie you will like more at the time than in retrospect." He then went on to say, "Still, there's something to be said for

1140-687: Is to involve the audience by asking them to participate in the applause. However, in Epidicus the epilogue further states ‘Give us your applause… and stretch your limbs and rise’ and in Stitchus ‘Give us your applause, and then have a party of your own at home.’ This was a strategy to disengage the audience, by smoothly transitioning them to the outside world to regain their sense of reality. Both prologues and epilogues would typically give women agency by allowing them to perform comedies and receive audience applause. Women Playwrights, actors and feminist work are

1197-498: The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films . The awards were created to honor science fiction , fantasy , and horror in film, but have since grown to reward other films belonging to genre fiction , as well as television and home media releases. The Saturn Awards were created in 1973 and were originally referred to as Golden Scrolls . The Saturn Awards were devised by Donald A. Reed in 1973, who felt that work in films in

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1254-632: The Chorus . They usually consist of two lines which encapsulate the moral observation of the play. Nine of Euripides ’s plays have a deux ex machina and another three "end with a mortal who takes on the superhuman powers of a deus ". Roman plays have particularly shorter epilogues and mainly consist of pleas for a plaudite . This is seen in Terence ’s extant plays and Plautus ’s comedies. In Plautus ’s plays Trinummus , Poenulus , Persa , Milus Gloriosus and Curculio all end with pleas for applause. This

1311-476: The 2012 video game Spec Ops: The Line , and three of the endings are chosen by what the player does in the epilogue. Epilogues may also be presented as peripheral downloadable content or expansion packs that supplements the main content or campaign mode of a game. In video games that allow the permanent death of playable characters , an epilogue can chronicle what happened to the playable characters who survived and depict how their situation has changed after

1368-546: The Better (1702) epilogue which states that English women have superior breeding over women from Madrid. Anne Bracegirdle's epilogue to Shadwell's The Amorous Bigotte (1690) claims that even though Spanish women may be wiser, English women are happier because they are not afraid that their husbands will find out about their lovers. Because commenting on past action is inherently undramatic, few operas have epilogues, even those with prologues. Among those explicitly called epilogues are

1425-495: The Chorus, which was different to the epilogues of early modern playwrights as well as Ancient Roman plays. American Author Henry James has said the epilogue is a place that distributes last "prizes, pensions, husbands, wives, babies, millions, appended paragraphs and cheerful remarks." The word epilogue has also been described as a "Parthian Dart" by Pat Rogers. He said it has the potential to be excessive for some readers as it has

1482-538: The Saturns have also recognized productions in other dramatic genres. There are also special awards for lifetime achievement in film production. Following the 46th Saturn Awards held in 2021, the decision to rebrand what would have been the "47th Saturn Awards" to the " 50th Saturn Awards ", was made in order to celebrate 50 years of the Saturn Awards , which were founded in 1972 . Subsequent ceremonies have continued with

1539-496: The Sony Scoring Stage with help from Kieron Charlesworth. The film also uses " Eminence Front " by The Who and "Engine No. 9" by Deftones on Clyde's iPod while he is eating his steak in his cell. While Clyde calls Darby to help him 'escape' the police after Ames' execution, " Bloodline " by Slayer is Darby's ringer. The tune at the end for closing credits is " Sin's A Good Man's Brother " by Grand Funk Railroad . The film

1596-645: The United States and Canada, and $ 54.6 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 127.9 million. The film took second place in its opening weekend, with $ 21 million, behind Where the Wild Things Are . It went on to gross $ 126.6 million in total worldwide. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 26% of 162 critics gave the film a positive review, with an average rating of 4.4/10. The site's critical consensus states: "Unnecessarily violent and unflinchingly absurd, Law Abiding Citizen

1653-433: The agency; Clyde's CIA employment consisted of eliminating nearly impossible targets . They are warned Clyde can kill anyone anytime he wishes and that his imprisonment may be part of a bigger plan. Bray finishes the meeting by suggesting to Nick and Cantrell that their best option is to kill Clyde. During a meeting with Nick and Cantrell, the judge is killed by an explosive hidden in her cell phone. Clyde explains to Nick that

1710-411: The area of Gilead where The Handmaid's Tale takes place. In the epilogue the land of Gilead has long gone and the main character Offred has her story published. The story is her perspective of the past events within the novel and Offred titles her publication the eponym, ‘The Handmaid's Tale.’ In George Orwell 's Animal Farm , the epilogue is used to satisfy the curiosity of the readers by revealing

1767-514: The concluding scenes of Stravinsky 's The Rake's Progress and Offenbach 's The Tales of Hoffmann . Other operas whose final scenes could be described as epilogues are Mozart 's Don Giovanni , Mussorgsky 's Boris Godunov , and Delius 's Fennimore and Gerda . In films, the final scenes may feature a montage of images or clips with a short explanation of what happens to the characters. A few examples of such films are 9 to 5 , American Graffiti , Changeling , Four Weddings and

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1824-418: The epilogue would frame the end of the play it would allow the speaker to both simultaneously perform and reflect on the character. In combining both the speaker's persona and character, Felicity Nussbaum called this the " double consciousness ". This invites the audience to reflect on each moment and its meaning behind it. Within tragedies the female epilogues were the most popular, and it would often challenge

1881-544: The epilogue would provide the moral lesson that the audience can learn from after the hero's poor moral choices were made. For example, in Shakespeare's epilogue in Romeo and Juliet , the speaker is providing the moral lesson and the consequences for the audience to take away. The sun for sorrow will not show his head. Go hence to have more talk of these sad things, Some shall be pardoned, and some punished, For never

1938-463: The events covered in the film. In video games, epilogues can occur at the end of the story, usually after the credits have rolled. An epilogue in a game functions similarly to an epilogue in film and literature, providing closure to the end of a story. However, the way in which a video game epilogue is interacted with can then determine how the story ends in works of fiction that contain multiple endings . For example, there are four possible endings to

1995-431: The fates of the characters. Some epilogues may feature scenes only tangentially related to the subject of the story. They can be used to hint at a sequel or wrap up all the loose ends. They can occur at a significant period of time after the main plot has ended. In some cases, the epilogue is used to allow the main character a chance to "speak freely". An epilogue can continue in the same narrative style and perspective as

2052-446: The genre of science fiction at that time lacked recognition within the established Hollywood film industry's award system. Initially, the award given was a Golden Scroll certificate. In the late 1970s, the award was changed to be a representation of the planet Saturn , with its ring(s) composed of film. The Saturn Awards are voted upon by members of the presenting Academy. The Academy is a non-profit organization with membership open to

2109-613: The integrity of the play. For example, Tyrannick Love took the main female character, who had often undergone tragedy, and reconceptualised her to be a comedian in the epilogue. The female character was adorned in the same costumes that she wore in Act 5 and the speaker would combine her two entities, the tragic role within the main play and her humourized public persona, when speaking in the epilogue. Many writers would contribute their epilogues to other writer's plays. This would often be out of friendship. Other epilogues were designated as "written by

2166-423: The judge is too easily convinced and eager to release potential criminals; Clyde is then denied bail and also jailed for contempt of court . After giving Nick his confession, Clyde demands an elaborate steak lunch from Del Frisco's and his iPod be delivered to his cell by a specific time, in exchange for the location of Darby's now-missing lawyer. Nick agrees though the lunch is delayed a few minutes courtesy of

2223-508: The main story is completed. Within some genres it can be used to hint at the next installment in a series of work. It is also used to satisfy the reader's curiosity and to cover any loose ends of the story. The first known use of the word epilogue was in the 15th century and it was used as a concluding section for literary work. In Middle English and Middle French the term " epilogue" was used. In Latin they used epilogus , from Greek epilogos , and then epilegein . The first citation of

2280-624: The murders are not about revenge, but the failures of the justice system. Clyde demands his release and all charges dropped to end the killings. Nick takes precautionary measures instead, moving his entire team to the prison to work throughout the night. After Clyde's deadline passes without incident, Nick releases his team. While walking to his car, all of Nick's legal assistants are killed in car bombings , including his friend Sarah Lowell. Nick privately meets Clyde, beating and yelling at him in frustration that, if they had tried to convict Ames and Darby, they might have gone free. Clyde counters that Nick

2337-441: The new numbering. The television categories were majorly overhauled at the 50th ceremony, with several categories being split to recognise both network/cable and streaming series however, these changes were reverted at the following ceremony. In 2023, the nominations announcement and awards process for the 51st Saturn Awards was postponed by several months in solidarity with the 2023 Hollywood labor disputes . The year indicates

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2394-466: The now closed Holmesburg Prison . Holmesburg's "Thunderdome command center" is quite evident in the movie. The film was edited after being threatened with an NC-17 rating for violence, with the full version released unrated on Blu-ray . The score to Law Abiding Citizen was composed by Brian Tyler , who recorded his score with a 52-piece ensemble of the Hollywood Studio Symphony at

2451-507: The preceding story, although the form of an epilogue can occasionally be drastically different from the overall story. It can also be used as a sequel. For example, in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale the epilogue is a transcript of a symposium at a university in the Arctic, held in 2195. The majority of the epilogue is a speech given by a professor named Pieixoto who is an expert on

2508-526: The premise "seems even more relevant today than when...the original film" was released. The filmmaker stated: "We’re going to blow your mind… again." While the plot has not been revealed, Paris and Witherill jointly stated that the creatives involved, see the movie as a "franchise opportunity [y]." The project will be a joint-venture production between G-Base Productions, Rivulet Films, Warp Films, and Village Roadshow Pictures . Saturn Award The Saturn Awards are American awards presented annually by

2565-435: The prosecuting attorney, while Jamie Foxx was the criminal mastermind operating from inside prison, a reversal of their roles in the final version. Frank Darabont was expected to direct the film, but he left the production due to creative differences with the producers. Filming began on January 17, 2009, and took place in and around Philadelphia. Filming locations included Philadelphia's City Hall, Laurel Hill Cemetery and

2622-513: The public. Its president and executive producer is Robert Holguin, and producer/writers Bradley Marcus and Kevin Marcus. Its members include filmmakers J. J. Abrams , Bryan Singer , Steven Spielberg , Bryan Fuller , Mark A. Altman , Vince Gilligan and James Cameron , among others. Although the Awards still primarily focus on films and television in the science fiction, fantasy and horror categories,

2679-410: The reader, that is more properly considered an afterword . The opposite is a prologue —a piece of writing at the beginning of a work of literature or drama, usually used to open the story and capture interest. Some genres, for example television programs and video games , call the epilogue an "outro" patterned on the use of "intro" for "introduction". Epilogues are usually set in the future, after

2736-424: The ringtone of the detonator, Clyde discovers the bomb Nick hid underneath his bed. Clyde briefly smiles and returns to his bed, looking at his daughter's bracelet as the bomb explodes. The epilogue shows Nick and his wife watching their daughter perform on cello a classical music piece, an after-school staged event that he previously had failed to find time to attend. Gerard Butler was initially signed on to play

2793-495: The story has ended. For example, the 2015 video game Until Dawn features characters who survived (if any) recounting their experiences to the police after being rescued. This system can also be expanded; relationships can be built between characters in most games of the Fire Emblem series, allowing for unique outcomes for characters depending on the actions of the player throughout the campaign. A visual novel can also feature

2850-405: The theatres were hostile to female spectators and that prologues and epilogues have contributed to that environment. Michael Gavin argues the opposite and has stated that player's direct addresses to women have indicated the value of female audiences, which occurred more frequently when the players were female. It happened to also be one of the first times the women interacted with each in other in

2907-516: The villain has been dealt with, but the epilogue will suggest that this is not entirely true, adding to the horror and mystery of the story. In children's fantasy it has a particular purpose. It can serve as a reassuring ending to calm fears about a possible bad outcome. This is seen in the Harry Potter Saga where the characters have a happy ending as they are much older and with families. This provides comfort for readers who may have anticipated

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2964-404: The warden's security measures. Once he has his meal, Clyde provides the coordinates to the lawyer's location, but Darby's lawyer still suffocates inside a box due to a time-mechanized device. Meanwhile, Clyde kills his cellmate after sharing his meal, forcing the warden to secure him in solitary confinement . Cantrell and Nick meet Bray, a CIA contact who knows about Clyde's past employment with

3021-437: The wife and daughter of engineer Clyde Shelton, who is forced to watch. Prosecuting attorney Nick Rice is unable to convict Darby due to mishandled evidence. Unwilling to risk lowering his high conviction rate, he makes a deal with Darby; he testifies against his accomplice Rupert Ames (who only intended to steal from Clyde) so he is convicted and sentenced to death, while Darby pleads guilty to third-degree murder and receives

3078-566: The word epilogue in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1564: "Now at length you are come to the Epilogue (as it were) or full conclusion of your worke." Prior to this the OED only refers to Caxton's term ‘Epylogacion’ in 1474, ‘The Epylogacion and recapitulation of this book’. However, this term was not widely followed and instead ‘conclusion’ was the term used to introduce final words of

3135-405: The year of release of the films eligible. Epilogue An epilogue or epilog (from Greek ἐπίλογος epílogos , "conclusion" from ἐπί epi , "in addition" and λόγος logos , "word") is a piece of writing at the end of a work of literature, usually used to bring closure to the work. It is presented from the perspective of within the story. When the author steps in and speaks directly to

3192-611: Was a story of more woe In As You Like It , the epilogue is said by Rosalind which shows her content. "… and I charge you, O men, for the love you bear to women—as I perceive by your simpering, none of you hates them—that between you and the women the play may please. If I were a woman, I would kiss as many of you as had beards that pleased me, complexions that liked me, and breaths that I defied not. And I am sure as many as have good beards, or good faces, or sweet breaths will, for my kind offer, when I make curtsy, bid me farewell." Epilogues were more frequently delivered by actors. As

3249-605: Was released theatrically on October 16, 2009, in the United States. The first theatrical trailer was released on August 14, 2009, and was attached to District 9 . The premiere was held on November 15, 2009, at the Cineworld complex in Glasgow , Butler's hometown. Many British tabloids labelled the event as the "Homecoming Premiere", about the Homecoming Scotland 2009 celebrations. Law Abiding Citizen grossed $ 73.4 million in

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